Baltimore Liste Group 2 Opening Reception

Caitlin Cunningham

May 18th - 22nd

Caitlin Cunningham (Nudashank)

Nick Gottlund (Open Space)

Josh Wade Smith (Gallery Four)

David Page (Jordan Faye Contemporary)

Opening Reception: Friday, May 20th  6:30 - 9:30pm

The Contemporary Museum
100 W. Center Street
Baltimore, MD'

http://www.contemporary.org/

Baltimore Liste @ The Contemporary Museum: Group 1

Jordan Bernier's animation installation

Baltimore Liste series, curated with the help of local DIY galleries, Area 405, Open Space, Current, Gallery Four, Nudashank, Subbasement and Jordan Faye Contemporary
Group 1, on view May 11 - 15
(Opening Reception: Friday the 13th from 6:30pm - 9:30 pm)
Jordan Bernier (Nudashank)
John Bohl (Current)
Shaun Flynn (Gallery Four)
Stewart Watson (Area 405)

John Bohl (above and 4 below)

Shaun Flynn

Stewart Watson

Check it out soon, because its only up for a few days!

Ben Gest's "Commissure" at the Contemporary Museum

From City Paper:  A couple stands over a shiny wooden counter preparing parts of a meal in the photograph titled “Ben and Dawn.” Ben is looking down at the lump of hamburger meat in his hands, which hovers above a plate that sits at an impossible angle on the countertop. The inconsistent perspective makes the meat look foreign, nauseating. Dawn stands close to Ben chopping vegetables. In her right hand she holds the knife to the side of the diced pieces; her left arm extends an inordinate length, making her appear lopsided, and her left hand lays awkwardly on the cutting board. With a vacant expression on her face, Dawn doesn’t appear present in the activity. Her hair is unfixed, and falls over her left eye. Her dress is brightly patterned, and she isn’t wearing makeup. Ben and Dawn look like they might be getting ready to entertain, but they express no pleasure or excitement. And at its large scale—45 inches by 40 inches—this otherwise ordinary scene becomes uncomfortable, the figures trapped in the close-cropped composition.

The images in Commissure, Chicago-trained photographer Ben Gest’s solo exhibition of digital portraits, are pieced together and manipulated from multiple images of the same subject. In some cases, hundreds of photos are combined to make the final image. As in mannerist paintings, scale, perspective, and focus change slightly across the portraits’ compositions. Body parts are subtly elongated, an extended arm is disproportionately long, a floor appears vertical. The distortions are meant to call attention to the psychological unease and physical discomfort of familial relationships and day-to-day interactions, but they are not particularly jarring and in some cases barely noticeable. The process for creating these works is careful, meticulous, and precise, but the imagery remains cold and often bland.... READ COMPLETE REVIEW HERE

Lemonade Film Screening @ Windup Space

Lemonade Film Screening
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
7:00 p.m.
Windup Space

The Contemporary Museum and Slant Six Creative will launch the Second Shore film series with the screening of Lemonade on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. The film will be shown at the Windup Space in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District.

Lemonade is a 2009 documentary about 16 advertising professionals who found true passion in the face of economic adversity. After being fired from their previous positions, they established themselves in such diverse careers as master coffee roaster, Tour de France cyclist, yoga instructor, professional blogger, and established painter.

The film will be followed by a discussion with local professionals in creative fields who will share how they have adapted to pursue their passions.

Admission to Lemonade and the discussion is free, with a suggested donation of $8 to support future Second Shore film screenings.

Openings and Happenings this Saturday:

Rectified Opens @ Gallery Four
Featuring Julianna Dail,
Gary Kachadourian,
Ron Longsdorf and
the fabulous Jackie Milad

5 - 10 pm, so you have no excuse for not attending!
405 W. Franklin Street, 4th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201

Rebound: Valeska Populoh and Rudy Shepherd
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9 from 7-9 p.m.
Paperwork Gallery
107 E. Preston Street / Baltimore, MD

Masked Opens @ School 33, Reception from 6 - 9 pm:
MASKED, curated by Joan Weber MASKED is an exploration of work about concealment, secrets, self-conscious and social constructions of identity which ultimately reveal a new face –a brilliant corona of strength, integrity and courage. Each work is a performance piece of sorts; the artists have used their own bodies or their own biographies to very directly create a presence that suggests a story or a secret. However, rather than being a study in psychology or narrative, where one might work to discover that secret, this assembly is exciting in that even while experiencing the powerfully posited content on the surface, we know that there is an equally powerfully complex internal life.

MAP's 23rd Annual Critics' Residency
Saturday, May 9: Public Forum 2pm / Reception 3:30pm
Exhibition Dates: April 28 - June 20

This year's exhibition includes the work of artists: Ken D. Ashton, Jessie Boyko, Dottie Campbell, Bernhard Hildebrandt, Gil Jawetz, Bonnie Crawford Kotula, Kim Manfredi, and Lynn Rybicki.

The Contemporary's 20th Anniversary Party:
Club Bollywood 7:30 pm 100 West Centre Street Third Floor
* Bollywood Cocktails
* Raj Cuisine
* Bhangra Dance
* Bollywood Club Sounds
* Mumbai Bazaar
* and more!

With special guest appearances and a Birthday Cake surprise by Charm City Cakes!
Bollywood or Baltimore Attire
Tickets * Members: $150 * General: $175 * BEST VALUE: $190

General Ticket with One-Year Individual Membership (couples who buy two tickets at this BEST VALUE Price Receive a One-Year Household Membership!)

Ticket Hotline: (410) 783-5720

PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT:

Charm City Cakes Bday Cake!

Erin, Cara and Zoe

It was a windy night!

Reverse Ark Open Call for Workshop Proposals

REVERSE ARK SCHOOL HOUSE

The Contemporary Museum

100 W. Centre Street

Most Saturday Afternoons Through August

In the tradition of free schools and with a shared curiosity aboutlearning, join us Saturday afternoons this summer for free workshops,readings, and film screenings as we explore some of the ideassurrounding the exhibition "The Reverse Ark". Workshops will investigate a range of topics such as interdependence, post-industrialproduction, storytelling, and community, as they pertain to practicesas diverse as art, science, and public policy.

The Reverse Ark School house seeks to use the framework created by the Futurefarmers to generate dialogue in an art environment that is socially, politically,and environmentally relevant.

OPEN CALL:

The Reverse Ark Schoolhouse is currently accepting proposals forworkshops or events to make up our curriculum For more information,e-mail reverse.arkschool@gmail.com, or visit their blog,http://reversearkschool.blogspot.com/.

UPCOMING Saturday, May, 2nd 2–4pm2059: A Time Capsule WorkshopCome to the Contemporary to work on a time capsule! Daniel Allende andthe Contemporary Museum invite everyone to bring small personaleffects, souvenirs and messages to be sealed away for 50 years.Bringing something is encouraged but not necessary.